âHehe, boss, this hammer is a remnant of that seniorâs life. It has its own spirituality. Iâve used my will and sincerity to move it, and now it is willing to be controlled by me.â Guo Ran looked at the hammer in his hand with reverence.
âThen wouldnât you be able to use this terrifying hammer to smash apart all your enemies?â Long Chen was filled with disbelief.
Although he felt that Guo Ranâs words were incredulous, the proof was right in front of him. He had no choice but to admit this world really possessed all kinds of strange matters.
This hammer was twice the weight of Devil Decapitator. If someone was struck by it, then even if they were a Favored, they would be crushed to death.
Guo Ran shook his head. âThis hammer isnât a warhammer for fighting. It is a crafting hammer. Even if I were to die, I wouldnât use it to fight.â
The current Guo Ran seemed almost hallowed and divine. Compared to his usual mischievous self, he seemed like a completely different person.
Long Chen was unaware that true Forging Masters had their own beliefs towards their forging tools. They usually possessed two hammers, one for fighting, and one for crafting. They definitely wouldnât mix the two.
âWell, although you still arenât a true Forging Master yet, that show-off manner of yours is still impressive,â sighed Long Chen.
âHehe, of course. Otherwise, how could I muddle along with boss?â Guo Ran laughed, returning to his old self.
Long Chen shook his head. This little fellow had definitely been possessed by a ghost just now or something. This was the real him.
âI also obtained a mystical page. Can you gain anything from it?â Long Chen took out the golden page. Perhaps the ghost possessing Guo Ranâs body would be able to figure out something from it.
Unexpectedly, Guo Ran looked over it and shook his head. âI canât tell what this is. This looks like runes, but also donât look exactly like them. Itâs too strange for me to understand.â
Since Guo Ran didnât understand what it meant, did that mean that this item had nothing to do with forging? But then why would it appear on that inner coffin?
Since he couldnât figure it out, Long Chen placed it into his robes for now. He had no way of absorbing it into a spatial ring.
When he wasnât using Spiritual Strength to control the page, it was just like an ordinary sheet of gold without any attacking power.
âDo you have any plans? Iâm thinking of going to get some revenge on those damn bastards. They almost got me killed. Iâll definitely pay them back properly for that.â
Guo Ran hesitated for a moment before saying, âBoss, I want to go into seclusion.â
âSeclusion? Here?â
âYes. The secret realm has countless opportunities, but I donât have the strength to fight for them. Staying by your side will just hold you back. Right now I have a good forging table and crafting hammer. I also have so much of that special material. Iâm thinking of refining it and making a set of armor Iâve conceived in my head,â said Guo Ran.
Long Chen thought about it and agreed that this was probably his best option. Guo Ranâs cultivation path was different from others. Going out to experience slaughter had no meaning to him anymore.
âGood idea. Since you want to forge something, Iâll give you some more material.â Long Chen threw over a spatial ring.
When Guo Ran saw what was inside, he let out a sharp cry. âNo way boss! You even managed to bring all this out?â
Guo Ran saw a small mountain of weapons in the spatial ring. There were arrows, spears, hammers, hatchets, etc. They were all the weapons that had been inside the passageway of the tomb.
âYou have to be thorough when cleaning up a battlefield. Naturally I wouldnât waste them. These things are made of excellent material. They even managed to turn my Devil Decapitator into a sawtooth saber, so they should be useful to you. Also you can take this thing too.â
With a wave of Long Chenâs hand, a huge pillar three hundred meters long appeared on the ground, shaking the land. This pillar was so thick it would require several people to wrap around it. It was also so heavy that it half sunk into the ground.
âBoss, were you a building demolisher in a past life? You even brought this back.â Guo Ran was stunned.
He naturally recognized this pillar as one of the ones that had been supporting the tomb. He hadnât imagined that Long Chen would even bring it out as well.
âOnly after you left did I realize this pillar isnât made of stone, but a kind of metal. I donât think this metal exists in the outside world. Well, do you want it?â
âI want it, but how am I supposed to use something this big?â Guo Ran felt a bit helpless in the face of this huge pillar. There was no way he could smelt it when it was this big.
With some light swishing sounds, in front of Guo Ranâs stunned eyes, a golden light flashed and cut the pillar into small pieces only a foot long.
Furthermore, when those pieces collapsed on the ground, Guo Ran saw they were all neatly cut into cubic pieces.
âBoss⌠thisâŚâ Guo Ran was completely dumbfounded. What could possibly be so sharp?
âThis is the ability of the golden page.â Long Chen trusted Guo Ran completely, so he didnât conceal anything from him.
âAmazing! With that page, boss, youâll definitely be like a tiger with wings!â praised Guo Ran.
Long Chen put away the golden page and asked, âOn that day, did you hear where they went?â
Previously, Guo Ran had said that he had stealthily eavesdropped on Zhao Mingshan and the others. He had personally seen them kill the Corrupt Chosen once they had fled the tomb.
âThey didnât say where they were going. But I saw them going in that direction.â Guo Ran pointed. âBoss, since theyâve already framed you, maybe you should lie low for now? Otherwise, more and more people will be deceived and try to capture or kill you,â said Guo Ran worriedly.
Whoever had set this up was definitely extremely hateful. They had intentionally framed Long Chen, and then later they had continuously added fuel to the fire, causing Long Chen to become the wanted criminal of the entire Righteous path.
If Long Chen dared strike back, then that would cause him to sink even deeper into that enemyâs plot. But waiting was also not a solution. Even once he left the secret realm, it would be difficult to avoid the severe punishment of the supermonastery. This scheme was incredibly vile.
âThereâs nothing to worry about. If they want to target me, then Iâll just kill them,â said Long Chen lightly.
âBut a lot of those people were duped. They donât know the truth,â said Guo Ran.
âSo what? If someone wants to kill me, then they better be prepared to be killed. As for whether they were tricked or not, it has nothing to do with me. They all have eyes, they all have heads. They are all capable of distinguishing the truth on their own.
âIf they really fall for another personâs trap and are used as tools, that just means theyâre stupid. I donât care if theyâre idiots; as long as they want to target me or the people beside me, then I will kill them.
âIt doesnât matter how many there are, or how strong they are. From today onwards, Iâm going to kill. Iâm going to kill so much that they prostrate themselves before me. Iâll kill until they learn to fear me.â Dense killing intent surfaced within Long Chenâs eyes.
Those strange dreams had caused him to feel even more pressed. It was like some threat was quietly descending. If he didnât urgently increase his cultivation base before that, he and the people beside him would all be annihilated.
He didnât care about the life or death of those idiots targeting him. For the people beside him, he didnât mind becoming a merciless fiend.
âBut boss, if you do that, wouldnât you be jumping into the palm of your enemies?â Guo Ran was worried.
âBrother, cultivation is a path of no retreat. Since Iâve stepped on it, I wonât turn back. Those schemes and tricks are not the correct path. In the face of true strength, they are insignificant, like transient clouds.
âWhen it comes to intelligence, I wouldnât lose to those idiots. But why do I not use schemes to target others?
âThatâs because I might get dependant on using smarts, and no longer depend on my strength. That might cause me to lose my courage, and lose my Dao-heart that is unafraid of death.
âThose people who spend all day thinking of schemes and such? Those people do that because they donât have enough confidence in their strength. Such people are unable to walk far on the path of cultivation.
âIf they want to use schemes, thatâs fine, but I have no time to waste on playing such games with them. They donât even have the qualifications to be my enemies.â Long Chen patted Guo Ran on the shoulder confidently.
Long Chenâs words immediately caused Guo Ran to have a realization. Long Chen walked an undefeatable Dao. He had to have absolute confidence in himself.
It was like how his own goal was to become a crafting god. He had to maintain his own confidence. If his confidence was shaken, it could lead to a destructive impact in the future.
âBoss, I understand now. Since youâve put it like that, Iâll tell you the truth. Those bastards were discussing how to secretly send out an arrest warrant for me in order to take the materials I have on my body. But most hateful of all, they think that youâve died, so they want to take out their anger on the other disciples of our monastery,â said Guo Ran.
The most hateful kind of people were the ones who, being unable to take revenge on their real target, decided to take their revenge on the friends and family of their real target.
Long Chen nodded. This kind of action was not at all odd considering those bastardsâ temperaments.
He had already grown accustomed to these kinds of matters. The Righteous pathâs disciples were truly most skilled at inner strife.
Even that Corrupt Chosen, who had only just worked together with the other two Chosen for a short while, had ended up losing his life to those two âcomrades-in-armsâ. That was enough to show how strong Righteous disciples were in that aspect.
That was why Long Chen had already given up on these Righteous disciples.
If he were with them, all that would happen was that he would be backstabbed. They had no ability when it came to handling others, but when it came to poisoning their own people, they were true experts.
Long Chen had long since seen through that nature of the Righteous path, and he had no thoughts of changing that. He had no heart to try and change such things. Right now, what he wanted was to get stronger, and whoever tried to stop him, he would kill.
After conversing with Guo Ran a bit longer, Guo Ran suddenly said that he wanted to go into seclusion within the ancient tomb. He wanted to pay his respects to the master of the tomb.
Thus, Long Chen brought Guo Ran to the little tunnel he had made. Once he went in, Long Chen found some vegetation to cover up the entrance and left.
The direction he went was the same direction Zhao Mingshan and the others had gone. Long Chen had made a mistake in not killing them within the tomb. He definitely would not make that mistake a second time.